In previously published record of a telephone conversation between Karpov and former "LPR" leader Valerii Bolotov, one can hear the Russian official inquiring about Savchenko; code word "grandma," meaning Russia's FSB, is also mentioned.

"Now we have documentary evidence that the Presidential Administration [of Russia - ed.] and the FSB launched this operation much earlier than Savchenko was brought to Voronezh," Novikov wrote.

As reported, a debate of the sides in Savchenko's case starts today in Russia's court.